If you’re going to name your restaurant after one of our greatest presidents, you’d best be prepared to serve up some seriously patriotic food.

Lincoln, which just opened in Santa Monica, is the latest from the Ivar-Paladar-Tengu-Nacional gang. (Can you ...

Tokio is:

A. Ron Herman’s latest jeans discovery
B. An all-girl Silverlake garage band
C. A new Japanese concept restaurant in Hollywood

Do we hear a “C”? Ding ding ding ding!

Tokio, the latest hot spot on the Hollywood Cahuenga ...

No one’s naming names, but someone’s bathroom cabinet is a bit crammed with one too many freebies goodie-bagged from the Motorola/Sony/PlayStation party. Your nightlife is on life support.

The rescue squad has arrived. Jackets Required is the latest party from ...

Here’s a riddle: Sally’s been invited to Dick and Jane’s three times, been taken to dinner by John twice, and attended three cocktail parties at Mary’s. How many invitations to Dick, Jane, John, and Mary does she owe?

Answer: one. ...

Imagine a place where everything you eat comes directly from your immediate surroundings: Oil pressed from the olives of nearby olive trees. Ricotta made from the milk of your uncle’s sheep. Produce from the garden out back …

Not exactly ...

French food?

You love the stuff. French fries, French toast, French dressing, French’s mustard … All right up there.

So you’ll no doubt be seriously digging the Piper Club Cafe, a brand-new authentic creperie just like the ones in Paris

You like to think of dining out as a competitive sport.

You’re a path forger, a bar setter. You eat at all the best places. You know every chef, menu, maitre d’, private phone number, and wine list in town. ...